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Hospital Harm by the Numbers
Hospital Harm by the Numbers
600000
Estimated number of deaths in Canadian hospitals from medical errors since IOM report 20 years ago.
6000000
Estimated number of deaths in the U.S. from medical errors since IOM report 20 years ago.
15000
Equivalent number of fully loaded jumbo jets crashing in the same period, killing everyone on board.
40000
Number of incidents of harm in U.S. hospitals every day.
140000
Number of patients harmed in Canadian hospitals every year.
12
Canada's safety ranking for post surgery objects among 12 OECD countries. (Higher number is worse)
553
Number of foreign objects left in patients after surgery for past 2 years in Canada.
28000
Number of patient deaths in Canada every year because of medical errors in hospitals. (Some estimates, such as UHN's, are higher)
1000000000
One Billion dollars: The estimated annual cost of hospital errors just in Ontario.
That’s equivalent to a 1,117-bed hospital operating at 100% capacity every day for a year.